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Local organizations observe AIDS day
The Art Museum at MSU and the MSU Museum will display pieces of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt on Saturday and Sunday to observe World AIDS Day.
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Simon addresses tuition increase
MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon told a class of about 200 students Thursday that a lack of state funding explained the university’s tuition hike that confused some students and angered others.
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Labyrinths as spiritual healing
Denise Green said exploring all opportunities for healing is important — from meditation, hypnosis or using the ancient practice of labyrinths.
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Innovations: Professor studies educational technology
From music players in cell phones to the vast expanses of the Internet, technology has changed the way people go about their lives.
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MSU receives grant for GED program
Jesus Gonzales would still be doing back-breaking work cutting fresh produce if he hadn’t heard about the High School Equivalency Program.
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MSU officials return from Dubai with news of progress
MSU officials traveled to Dubai last week and returned with reports of progress in the plan to be the first American university in the area commonly regarded as a hot spot for Middle East development.
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Study shows Americans lack of understanding scientific issues
As more complex scientific issues arise on the ballot, an MSU professor has researched whether American citizens understand what they are voting on.
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Perles hopes for Spartan presence at Motor City Bowl
If former MSU football head coach George Perles could have his way, MSU’s football team would have been chosen to play in the Motor City Bowl the day it became bowl eligible.
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Student creates new e-mail service called 'State-Mail'
Since he figured nobody else was doing anything to change MSU’s e-mail system, mail.msu.edu, computer science senior Daniel Fiordalis stepped up and solved the problem himself.
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Speaker to talk about root of homosexuality
There are usually two sides to every debate, but in the case of whether people are born or decide to be gay, John Corvino thinks both are ill-formed positions.
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New technology infused with College of Education curriculum
As overhead projectors and chalk boards approach their expiration date, the College of Education is preparing its students to use new technological resources in classrooms — and in different types of mediums.
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MSU Entrepreneurship Association creates resource for entrepreneurial hopefuls
As the founder of BD’s Mongolian Barbeque, Billy Downs can be classified as a successful entrepreneur, but he said creating his own restaurant chain required overcoming many hardships.
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Event honors Transgender victims of violent crimes
More than 300 names are remembered at the Transgender Day of Remembrance candlelight vigil, according to Uri Donnett, chairperson of TransAction.
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MSU unveils distinguished speakers for commencement
This semester’s commencement speakers have no shortage of real-world experience to share with departing MSU students.
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Students share cultures at Global Festival
Before Nicole Namy became a co-director for this year’s Global Festival, she participated as an undergraduate with an MSU Arab student organization to showcase her culture.
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Recycling facility proposed for 2008
Fisheries and wildlife freshman Dan Myers has three large boxes of newspapers and plastic bottles sitting in his dorm room that he wants to recycle.
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Drag show benefits AIDS group
Makeup, lipstick, pantyhose and women’s undergarments cover his masculine frame, but Matt Watters said people shouldn’t feel threatened by his appearance.
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Students get fitness motivation with LIFE: Rx
Two months after Olin Health Center’s LIFE: Rx tested their endurance, strength and flexibility, students from Kinesology 201 returned to IM Sports-Circle looking to see whether weeks of training for the test had paid off.
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Club raises research funds
Twelve thousand letters raising $50,000. Up ‘til Dawn, a nationwide college campus organization that raises money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, has an MSU branch that set those figures as a 2007 goal.
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Innovations: Researchers find clues, may cure Kennedy's Disease
Facing challenges is to Cynthia Jordan as searching for cheese is to a mouse.